- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold flame angelfish, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the flame angelfish
The flame angelfish is a small marine angelfish of the tropical Pacific, most common around the Marshall, Line and Cook Islands and less so in the Hawaiian Islands. It lives on coral reef foreslopes and in clear lagoons. Its body is bright orange-red with a vertical elongated black spot and four or five bars on the sides, and the rear of the dorsal and anal fins carries alternating short purple-blue and black bands. In the wild it eats algae and crustaceans. It lives in harems and spawns at dusk, releasing eggs and sperm into the water.
Flame Angelfish facts
- It is also called the Japanese pygmy angelfish.
- Specimens from the Marquesas lack the vertical black bars.
- Males are generally larger and more colourful, with more blue on the edges of the fins.
- Its life span is 5-7 years or more.
Where to see flame angelfish in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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Louisiana· 1
New York· 1
Virginia· 1
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